New Zealand Local Weather Forum
Climate and Science => National Earthquakes => Topic started by: JennyLeez on February 06, 2013, 03:37:48 PM
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Some initial links:
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/mag-8-quake-solomon-islands-generates-tsunami-watch-nz (http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/mag-8-quake-solomon-islands-generates-tsunami-watch-nz)
http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/ (http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/)
NewstalkZB 3.30 6/02/2013
New Zealand is on tsunami watch after a powerful earthquake in the Solomon Islands.
The magnitude 8.0 quake was 5.8 kilometres deep.
A tsunami warning has been issued for the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Fiji, and Kiribati.
A tsunami watch is in effect for countries including New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Australia, the Cook Islands, and Indonesia.
It's not yet known whether a tsunami has been generated and the warning is based only on the size of the earthquake.
The Ministry of Civil Defence has issued a Tsunami Potential Threat to New Zealand after a strong earthquake off the Solomon Islands.
The tsunami advisory is for North Cape, Auckland west, East Cape, Gisborne, Auckland east, New Plymouth, Wellington.
The ministry says people in coastal areas should note that a tsunami is possible - and listen to the radio or TV for updates.
3.30pm: A Solomon Island's hospital director says villages have been destroyed by a magnitude eight earthquake which struck the region.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says on its website a tsunami has been generated and may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicentre and could also be a threat to more distant coasts.
The Solomon Islands' National Disaster Management office has advised those living in low-lying areas, especially Makira and Malaita, to move to higher ground.
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JUST IN - A tsunami has been generated, and the first wave may arrive in NZ in the areas around North Cape at approx 6 - 7pm today.
4.10
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has upgraded NZ to 'Warning' list .
"preliminary modelling suggest wave height levels between 0.2 to 1.0 metre high" in NZ.
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ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
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SOLOMON ISLANDS KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 0145Z 06 FEB
AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 0216Z 06 FEB
HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 0222Z 06 FEB
GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 0227Z 06 FEB
MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 0233Z 06 FEB
PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 0245Z 06 FEB
FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 0253Z 06 FEB
VANUATU ESPERITU_SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 0158Z 06 FEB
ANATOM_ISLAND 20.2S 169.9E 0254Z 06 FEB
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0300Z 06 FEB
PAPUA NEW GUINE KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 0304Z 06 FEB
AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 0306Z 06 FEB
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 0330Z 06 FEB
LAE 6.8S 147.0E 0402Z 06 FEB
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 0406Z 06 FEB
PORT_MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 0426Z 06 FEB
MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 0428Z 06 FEB
MANUS_ISLAND 2.0S 147.5E 0445Z 06 FEB
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 0509Z 06 FEB
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 0530Z 06 FEB
TUVALU FUNAFUTI_ISLAND 7.9S 178.5E 0322Z 06 FEB
NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 0339Z 06 FEB
KOSRAE KOSRAE_ISLAND 5.5N 163.0E 0354Z 06 FEB
FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 0405Z 06 FEB
KIRIBATI TARAWA_ISLAND 1.5N 173.0E 0406Z 06 FEB
KANTON_ISLAND 2.8S 188.3E 0446Z 06 FEB
CHRISTMAS_ISLAN 2.0N 202.5E 0650Z 06 FEB
MALDEN_ISLAND 3.9S 205.1E 0700Z 06 FEB
FLINT_ISLAND 11.4S 208.2E 0732Z 06 FEB
WALLIS AND FUTU FUTUNA_ISLAND 14.3S 181.8E 0414Z 06 FEB
WALLIS_ISLAND 13.3S 183.8E 0422Z 06 FEB
MARSHALL ISLAND KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0420Z 06 FEB
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0424Z 06 FEB
ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0457Z 06 FEB
HOWLAND AND BAK HOWLAND_ISLAND 0.6N 183.4E 0424Z 06 FEB
POHNPEI POHNPEI_ISLAND 7.0N 158.2E 0438Z 06 FEB
TOKELAU NUKUNONU_ISLAND 9.2S 188.2E 0440Z 06 FEB
SAMOA APIA 13.8S 188.2E 0458Z 06 FEB
KERMADEC ISLAND RAOUL_ISLAND 29.2S 182.1E 0504Z 06 FEB
NEW ZEALAND NORTH_CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 0505Z 06 FEB
AUCKLAND_WEST 37.1S 174.2E 0606Z 06 FEB
EAST_CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 0615Z 06 FEB
GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 0639Z 06 FEB
AUCKLAND_EAST 36.7S 175.0E 0647Z 06 FEB
NEW_PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 0651Z 06 FEB
WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 0703Z 06 FEB
MILFORD_SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 0720Z 06 FEB
NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 0727Z 06 FEB
WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 0730Z 06 FEB
DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 0839Z 06 FEB
AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO_PAGO 14.3S 189.3E 0506Z 06 FEB
TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 184.8E 0514Z 06 FEB
AUSTRALIA BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 0515Z 06 FEB
CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 0520Z 06 FEB
SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 0546Z 06 FEB
GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0625Z 06 FEB
HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 0721Z 06 FEB
MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 0741Z 06 FEB
NIUE NIUE_ISLAND 19.0S 190.0E 0531Z 06 FEB
COOK ISLANDS PUKAPUKA_ISLAND 10.8S 194.1E 0533Z 06 FEB
PENRYN_ISLAND 8.9S 202.2E 0641Z 06 FEB
RAROTONGA 21.2S 200.2E 0647Z 06 FEB
INDONESIA JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 0537Z 06 FEB
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0622Z 06 FEB
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 0641Z 06 FEB
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0710Z 06 FEB
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 0730Z 06 FEB
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 0739Z 06 FEB
GEME 4.6N 126.8E 0750Z 06 FEB
WAKE ISLAND WAKE_ISLAND 19.3N 166.6E 0547Z 06 FEB
CHUUK CHUUK_ISLAND 7.4N 151.8E 0555Z 06 FEB
JARVIS ISLAND JARVIS_ISLAND 0.4S 199.9E 0621Z 06 FEB
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0622Z 06 FEB
NORTHERN MARIAN SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0626Z 06 FEB
PALMYRA ISLAND PALMYRA_ISLAND 6.3N 197.6E 0628Z 06 FEB
YAP YAP_ISLAND 9.5N 138.1E 0635Z 06 FEB
JOHNSTON ISLAND JOHNSTON_ISLAND 16.7N 190.5E 0637Z 06 FEB
MINAMITORISHIMA MINAMITORISHIMA 24.3N 154.0E 0640Z 06 FEB
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0658Z 06 FEB
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.
http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=pacific.TSUPAC.2013.02.06.0252
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NewsTalkZB
3:57pm: Many pacific nations are under tsunami warning - but New Zealand is under a watch.
Kanoa Koyanagi from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre explains what that means.
"That means we're going to continue monitoring the situation and because they're in a watch, they're still more than three hours away from expected arrival of the tsunami."
4:03pm: Australia's earthquake monitoring agency and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre say a wave measuring 90 centimetres has been recorded at Lata, on the main Santa Cruz island of Ndende.
Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepsen says they know that a tsunami has been created after the 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Solomon Islands this morning.
He says depending on the location of the quake, bigger waves could hit elsewhere. Mr Jepsen says it's a big earthquake in terms of just the shaking.
NZ Under Warning.
Map:
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbint/1150299184-new-zealand-on-tsunami-watch/?lka=2345 (http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbint/1150299184-new-zealand-on-tsunami-watch/?lka=2345)
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Taranaki Civil Defence has issued a tsunami warning for Taranaki after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck east of the Solomon Islands this afternoon.
The quake was a shallow 5.8km deep and the epicentre was 347km east of Kira Kira in the Solomon Islands.
The tsunami is expected to arrive on the Taranaki coastline at around 7.30pm, coinciding with full tide.
Taranaki Civil Defence advises everyone in and on the sea to be clear of the water by 6.30pm.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/8269740/Magnitude-8-quake-hits-off-Solomon-Islands